Chris Christie lures big donors as he takes on Trump, while billionaire ally Cohen sits out – By Brian Schwartz (CNBC) / June 20, 2023
- Chris Christie is receiving a wave of big money support as he takes on Donald Trump and a crowded GOP field for the 2024 presidential primary.
- Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown and former Trump U.S. ambassador to Italy Lewis Eisenberg are among those fundraising for Christie.
- Yet billionaire Mets owner, hedge fund titan and Christie ally Steve Cohen is sitting out the GOP primary for now.
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepared to run for president earlier this year, he canvassed some of Wall Street’s wealthiest donors about whether they would finance a $100 million effort to take on former President Donald Trump, according to a person who heard directly from the GOP candidate.
Since those calls, several business titans have piled cash into Christie’s young campaign for the Republican nomination, with one big exception: longtime Christie ally, Mets owner and hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, according to GOP fundraisers, party donors and a person close to the businessman.
A person close to Cohen told CNBC that Cohen has yet to donate to either Christie’s campaign or the allied super PAC called Tell It Like It Is. This person, like several others cited in this story, declined to be named in order to speak about private matters.
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